The lawyers at our Firm are members of several professional organizations, but we are most honored by the achievement of our Firm as a whole.

Martindale-Hubbell is the nation's premier service publication that rates attorneys -- on ability, ethics, diligence, and other categories. Harwell, Plant & Williams is included within the ranks of Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in the fields of insurance defense and real property, and is one of only a few law firms in Southern Middle Tennessee that qualified for that honor based on superior ratings for ability, conduct, and the characteristics measured as a yardstick of professionalism.

According to that service: "The Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register lists only the most distinguished law practices -- those that have achieved the prestigious "AV" rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Directory. The "A" signifies the highest levels of legal ability, while the "V" denotes "very high" adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence. This rating is the result of a peer review system based upon the confidential opinions of practicing attorneys and members of the judiciary." 2002 Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, at v (86th ed. 2002).

We are very honored to have been accorded that distinction based on evaluation by practicing lawyers and the judges before whom we practice.

["AV" is a registered certification mark, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers is a trademark, and Martindale-Hubbell is a registered trademark of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc.]